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The enterprise rate of profit in key US sectors 1994–2020: An examination of the tendency towards the equalization of sectoral profit rates and a critique of Hulten and Wykoff fixed capital stock valuations in the US (2025)
Journal Article
Jefferies, W. (online). The enterprise rate of profit in key US sectors 1994–2020: An examination of the tendency towards the equalization of sectoral profit rates and a critique of Hulten and Wykoff fixed capital stock valuations in the US. Capital and Class, https://doi.org/10.1177/03098168251341165This article examines enterprise profit rates in key US sectors. Competition between capitals of different compositions modifies values into prices of production to equalize profit rates. These prices of production are further modified into enterpris... Read More about The enterprise rate of profit in key US sectors 1994–2020: An examination of the tendency towards the equalization of sectoral profit rates and a critique of Hulten and Wykoff fixed capital stock valuations in the US.
Forum-Shopping and Choice of Law in Intra-sect and Inter-sect Muslim Family Disputes in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar (2025)
Journal Article
Al-Saai, N. (online). Forum-Shopping and Choice of Law in Intra-sect and Inter-sect Muslim Family Disputes in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar. Arab Law Quarterly, 1-47. https://doi.org/10.1163/15730255-bja10189The plurality of opinions that Sharīʿah affords has ensured justice for different groups and disputants in pre-modern times. Although this plurality had been limited by modern state codifications, forum-shopping and choice of applicable Muslim rules... Read More about Forum-Shopping and Choice of Law in Intra-sect and Inter-sect Muslim Family Disputes in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar.
Ms. MaNDy's adventures in wonderland: A review (2025)
Journal Article
Thornton, R. (online). Ms. MaNDy's adventures in wonderland: A review. Anthropology and Humanism, https://doi.org/10.1111/anhu.70028
Regulating the Internet in Times of Mass Surveillance: A Universal Global Space with Universal Human Rights? (2022)
Book Chapter
Hoffmann, A. (2022). Regulating the Internet in Times of Mass Surveillance: A Universal Global Space with Universal Human Rights?. In H. Ben Jaffel, & S. Larsson (Eds.), Problematising Intelligence Studies: Towards A New Research Agenda (181-200). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003205463-12Intelligence agencies’ intrusive data collection practices rely on the citizen/foreigner distinction. Citizens of a state can claim the right to privacy within their own state territory, but not foreigners or citizens abroad. However, there have been... Read More about Regulating the Internet in Times of Mass Surveillance: A Universal Global Space with Universal Human Rights?.
Symbolic Power (2025)
Book Chapter
Hoffmann, A. (2025). Symbolic Power. In S. E. Goddard, G. Lawson, & O. J. Sending (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology (717-734). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198854708.013.34Studying symbolic power is a commitment of international political sociology (IPS). This chapter analyzes the roots of symbolic power in Pierre Bourdieu’s work on Algeria, language, and critical engagement with Max Weber before surveying its uses in... Read More about Symbolic Power.